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The W.K. Kellogg Foundation Pledges Support to International Indigenous Theater Festival
Inuit Throat Singers Lois Suluk-Locke and Maria Illungiayok to Perform at Yamal Festival, Siberia
ORIGINS On The Road - Aboriginal Australian Playwright David Milroy on Tour in the United States
Mariachi Imperial de America on Tour in Armenia on YouTube
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The W.K. Kellogg Foundation pledges support to International Indigenous Theater Festival
ORIGINS: First Nations Theater From Around The World is delighted to announce that the W.K. Kellogg Foundation has confirmed funding in the amount of $75,000 USD to the inaugural festival being hosted by the London based theater company Border Crossings (www.bordercrossings.org.uk) and the USA based cultural consultants Bronitsky and Associates (www.bronitskyandassociates.com).
"This funding further demonstrates the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's continuing support for Indigenous arts and cultural programs. The allocation is a valued statement of commitment in support of the ORIGINS vision for bringing Indigenous Theater from around the world to international audiences through a biennial festival in London," said Dr. Gordon Bronitsky, President of Bronitsky and Associates.
Mr. Michael Walling, Artistic Director for Border Crossings and ORIGINS stated, "Around the world, First Nations theater-makers are engaging with fundamental questions as to how humanity should live. They do this sometimes with anger, often with laughter, and always with passion. We are producing ORIGINS: First Nations Theater From Around the World to bring these voices, these stories, this passion to the London stage and for many of them to a new international audience."
ORIGINS: First Nations Theater From Around The World, will be presented in May 2009 at the Riverside Studios, London. The inaugural festival will focus on key themes in First Nations / Indigenous cultures and their relationships to the colonial past and the "post-colonial" present and future, including:
- The land, environment and climate change,
- Memory, language and oral cultures,
- Healing, and
- Truth and reconciliation.
The 2009 ORIGINS Festival will feature performances by invited companies from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States, as well as screenings of Indigenous films, workshops, panel discussions and cabaret.
For more details or to register you interest and support please contact:
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Inuit Throat Singers Lois Suluk-Locke and Maria Illungiayok to Perform at Yamal Festival, Siberia
Inuit Throat Singers Lois Suluk-Locke and Maria Illungiayok from Arviat, Nunavut, Canada, will perform at the Polar Rhapsody Festival in Yamal, Siberia November 26-30. They are accomplished performers of Inuit traditional throat singing, drumming and storytelling.
The Yamal Peninsula (Russian: полуо́стров Яма́л), located in the Yamal-Nenets district of northwest Siberia, Russia, extends roughly 700 km (435 mi) and is bordered principally by the Kara Sea, Baydaratskaya Bay on the west, and by the Gulf of Ob on the east. In the language of its indigenous inhabitants, the Nenets, "Yamal" means "End of the World."
In the Russian Federation, the Yamal peninsula is the place where traditional large-scale nomadic reindeer husbandry is best preserved. On the peninsula, several thousand Nenets and Khanty reindeer herders hold about 500,000 domestic reindeer. At the same time, Yamal is inhabited by a multitude of migratory bird species.
You can learn more about Lois Suluk-Locke and Maria Illungiayok and their music at http://www.bronitskyandassociates.com/inuit.htm.
ORIGINS: On the Road - Australian Aboriginal Playwright David Milroy in the United States
At last year's London launch of ORIGINS: First Nations theater From Around the World, we created ORIGINS: On the Road as a way to bring Indigenous theatermakers to Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities around the world. We see this as an essential part the ORIGINS mission to bring Indigenous theater to world audiences.
Australian Aboriginal playwright David Milroy just completed the first ORIGINS: On The Road tour. David Milroy is a Palyku man from the Pilbara region of Western Australia. He has achieved national and international success and recognition as a musician, playwright, writer and theatre director.. David won the prestigious Patrick White Playwrights' Award (Australia) in 2004 for Windmill Baby.
The tour was a great success.. David met with Native American playwrights and actors, and gave presentations on family history, Aboriginal history, and the development of Aboriginal theater in Australia to audiences ranging from middle and high school students to college and university students and community members, as well as conducting workshops on scriptwriting at
- The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, through the Theater Arts and Dance Department and the Department of Anthropology
- Sinte Gleska University, Mission, South Dakota. Sinte Gleska was one of the first tribal colleges in the United States and remains committed to its earliest purposes: to preserve and teach Lakota culture, history and language to promote innovative and effective strategies to address the myriad of social and economic concerns confronting the Sicangu Lakota Oyate.
- Black Hills State University, Spearfish, South Dakota -a regional university with a strong Native American student body and faculty
- Oglala Lakota College, Kyle, South Dakota. Oglala Lakota College is chartered by the Oglala Sioux Tribe. Its mission is to provide educational opportunities which enhance Lakota life
- Fort Berthold Community College, New Town, North Dakota, September 23-24. The Fort Berthold Community College is chartered to provide quality cultural, academic, and vocational education and services for the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation.
- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, through the Department of Theatre and Film
- Haskell Indian Nations University, a national center for Indian education, research, and cultural preservation, located in Lawrence, Kansas
In the course of the tour, David received many honors, including
- the gifting of a star quilt and beaded hat from the chairman and tribal council of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Naiton of the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Daiota
- a powwow in his honor by students and parents from the Mandaree school, North Dakota
- introduction at the Little Wound School back-to-school powwow in South Daiota
Plans are now underway to tour other Indigenous theatermakers internationally as ORIGINS: First Nations Theater From Around The World continues in its mission to bring Indigenous theater and theatermakers to world audiences.
David Milroy's United States Tour was funded by contributions from the Australian Embassy, the University of Minnesota, Sinte Gleska University, Oglala Lakota College, Fort Berthold Community College, the University of Kansas, and Bronitsky and Associates.
For images of the tour, please visit
http://web.mac.com/gbronitsky/Site/Milroy_tour-web.html
For additional information about this tour and upcoming tours, please contact
Dr Gordon Bronitsky
President
Bronitsky and Associates
Mariachi Imperial de America on Tour in Armenia on YouTube
A live performance video of Mariachi Imperial de America in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, has just been posted to YouTube at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMAnVOuTjTQ
Enjoy!
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Events
Celebrate National Native American Month
Take a Stand. Make a Pledge. Be a Modern Day Warrior for Native
American Rights.
November is National Native American Heritage Month. The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) would like to ask you to please help make Native American Month a time to raise awareness and support in your community about the issues impacting Native Americans today.
The Indian Wars Never Ended
For more than 38 years, NARF has been committed to attaining justice
for Native Americans. While much has been achieved, considerable
challenges and work remains. Many historic injustices have
never been resolved and news attacks on the rights of Native
Americans continue.
Be a Modern Day Warrior for Native American Rights
In the spirit of great warriors such as Sitting Bull, Geronimo and
Chief Joesph, NARF continues to fight for justice for Native
Americans. We ask that you join NARF this November and help raise
awareness and support for NARF's work to defend the rights of Native
Americans.
Simple Actions Make a Big Difference!
- Sign our Modern Day Warrior Pledge
Visit http://narf.convio.net/mdw08 to sign our Native American Month Pledge. While there also download beautiful Native American Month E-Cards and tell your friends about NARF and Native American Month. - Order a NARF Community Action Kit
The Kit includes a copy of NARF's new short documentary "Modern Day Warriors" that covers the development of the Native American rights movement from the 1960's to present day. Community Action Kits can be purchased on NARF's online at www.narf.org. - Download a FREE Activist Toolkit
The tool kit has a number of suggested activities and resources for Native American Month. - Become a Member of NARF or Donate
The easiest way to support our work is to become a member or make a donation. Your contribution will be put to use where the need is greatest.
For more information please visit www.narf.org or call 800.447.0784.
Salvage - a Play by Diane Glancy
(Cherokee)
Salvage by Diane Glancy (Cherokee)
Directed by Sheila Tousey (Menominee, Stockbridge Munsee)
Executive Producers Randy Reinholz (Choctaw) and Jean Bruce Scott
Cut Bank, Montana. Blackfeet country. Here, a hard-working family scratches out a life running a salvage yard. In this taut, suspenseful drama, a deadly accident throws them into a turbulent world of doubt, recrimination, and vengeance, pushing their lives into horrific new territory.
Starring: Elena Finney (Mescalero Apache, Tarascan), Robert Greygrass (Lakota), Noah Watts (Crow)
Oct. 31-Nov. 23, 2008
Fridays & Saturdays at 8 pm and Saturdays & Sundays at 2 pm
General Admission $20 / Autry Members $12
Call TicketWeb for reservations at 1.866.468.3399, or visit
www.ticketweb.com
Groups of 10 or more save 40%. Call 323.466.5830 or e-mail
Festivals
National cultural festival opens in
Hanoi
The Festival of Cultural Exchange among Areas and Regions Nationwide
was opened in Hanoi on October 6, 2008 in the presence of Party
General Secretary Nong Duc Manh.
The event, organised by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Hanoi People's Committee, is the first in a series of cultural, sport and tourist activities to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
Addressing the opening ceremony, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Huynh Vinh Ai said the cultural exchange festival aims to introduce special cultural characters of different areas and regions to people throughout Vietnam throughout the country and foreigners.
The event is also an opportunity to advertise Vietnam's potential in cultural, trade and tourism development and mark the 54th liberation day of the capital (October 10, 2008).
Experiences from the organisation of this festival will be useful for organising ethnic cultural exchange festival in localities nationwide and promoting cultural activities across the country, particularly in areas inhabited by ethnic minority people
http://www.indochinatravelservice.com/news/index.php/219
Funding
Fellowships at the Indian Arts Research
Center of the School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe, New Mexico,
USA
The Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) in Santa Fe, New Mexico seeks
Native and First Nations artists to apply for its upcoming
fellowships. The next fellowship is the 2009 Eric and Barbara
Dobkin Fellowship for Native Women, a three-month fellowship
from March 1-May 31. Other fellowships are for all Native
artists and include the Ronald and Susan Dubin Fellowship (June
15-August 15) and Rollin and Mary Ella King Fellowship (September
1-December 1.)
(The IARC fellowships were established to support Native American and First Nations artists at the Indian Arts Research Center at the School of Advanced Research in any medium. The fellowships include: a $3,000 per month stipend, housing, a studio, as well as travel and material allowances. ((Applications for the 2009 Dobkin Fellowship must be postmarked by December 1, 2008. Due to a revised application process, all fellowships after the 2009 Dobkin will have a single deadline of January 15, 2009. This includes the 2009 Dubin Fellowship, 2009 King Fellowship, and 2010 Dobkin Fellowship. Applications may be downloaded at http://www.sarweb.org/iarc/fellowships.htm.
For more information, contact:
Elysia Poon
Program Coordinator
School For Advanced Research
Indian Arts Research Center
P.O. Box 2188
Santa Fe, NM 87504-2188
phone: (505) 954-7279
fax: (505) 954-7207
www.sarweb.org
Conferences
Rules of Engagement: Art, Conflict and
Gallery Education
November 5-7, 2008-10-24 Brighton, England
www.engage.org/conference
Publications
Why public funding of arts matters to
all of us
"Regardless of your position on arts funding, we might stop
pretending that culture is outside of the interests of Canadians."
National Post, Canada
http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/story.html?id=812394
CCall for Submissions and Papers
Call for proposals: International
theatre festivals and audience development
13th International Symposium of Theatre Critics and Scholars
International theatre festivals and
audience development
Organised by the Sterijino Pozorje, Novi Sad, Serbia
in association with the International Association of Theatre Critics
(IATC)
and the European Festival Research Project (EFRP) in
Novi Sad, Serbia, 28th -31st May 2009
http://aict-iatc.org/documents/Call_for_papers.pdf
News
Tenth Annual Native American Music
Awards -the NAMMYS
Niagara Falls, NY -On Saturday October 4, 2008 the Tenth Annual
Native American Music Awards (N.A.M.A.) was held at the Seneca
Niagara Hotel & Casino in Niagara Falls, New York and awarded over
35 artists in a four hour event with 12 onstage presentations and
special Hall of Fame inductions and performances that had the packed
crowd dancing on their feet. The growing success of the Awards show
is now setting industry standards for professional Native American
musicians who want to achieve greater acceptance and exposure from
mainstream audiences.
Taking two honors each was; the New Mexico-based Reggae group, Native Roots and the Arizona-based punk rock/Alter Native band, Blackfire. Native Roots' recording, Celebrate won for Best World Music Recording and earned them Group of the Year. Native Roots gave a high-energy live performance with their messages of pride, unity, and respect among all nations. Blackfire, is comprised of two brothers and a sister with a style that encompasses traditional Native American music with rock that bears socio-political and human rights messages. Blackfire's (Silence) Is A Weapon won Record of the Year and their producer Ed Stasium (Ramones) took the Native Heart award.
Capping the evening's ceremonies was a collaborative performance between Joanne Shenandoah and Corn Bred who performed a unique version of "At Last" with two traditionally dressed dancers dancing a romantic slow dance. Internationally renowned and multi-million record selling band members; Rickey Medlocke of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Janice Marie of Taste of Honey, Pat Vegas of Redone & Felipe Rose of the Village People all gave compelling performances following their inductions into the N.A.M.A. Hall of Fame. Rose performed a medley featuring his award-winning, "We're Still Here" and "Trail of Tears". Pat Vegas performed "Come And Get Your Love" and was then joined by Janice-Marie Johnson for "Boogie Oogie Oogie." Show closer Rickey Medlocke performed a five song medley that included "Gimmie Back My Bullets", "Train Train" and "Highway Song." N.A.M.A. proudly honors these legendary performers and songwriters who have been leading forces in mainstream music and in the Native American community.
For a complete list of winners, visit www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com.
For more information:
Native American Music Awards
511 Avenue of the Americas #371
New York NY 10011
Tel 212.228.8300
Fax 646.688.6883
E-mail
www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com
NEW INDIGENOUS NETWORK TARGETS
TELEVISION BROADCASTERS
A new global alliance aims to unify television broadcasters
worldwide to retain and grow indigenous languages and cultures.
The World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network (WITBN) convened its inaugural Council meeting in Ireland recently. Agenda items included the network and Council structure, capacity and capability building opportunities, the establishment of a WITBN website and the schedule and action plan for future meetings.
The launch of WITBN was a key outcome of the inaugural World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference (WITBC '08) hosted by Maori Television in New Zealand in March this year. Taiwan's indigenous broadcaster, TITV -a member of Taiwan's public broadcasting group, PTS -will host the next conference in 2010.
The WITBN Council foundation members are APTN (Canada); BBC Alba (Scotland); Maori Television (Aotearoa New Zealand); NITV (Australia); NRK Sami Radio and Television (Samiland, Norway); TG4 (Ireland); TITV / PTS (Taiwan); S4C (Wales); and SABC (South Africa).
The main aim of the network is to reach out to all other indigenous television broadcasters and develop collaborative relationships. Training and development activities will initially focus on staff exchange programs while Maori Television is also developing a weekly indigenous `wrap-up' program of the major news stories of WITBN member organizations.
"Global indigenous broadcasters share similar organizational visions and purpose -to protect, maintain and strengthen indigenous representation in the media while preserving and developing their indigenous languages, culture, people and stories.
"Thus, the establishment of a worldwide network will create opportunities for increased audiences, better access to resources, enhanced knowledge transfer, improved understanding of indigenous issues by all audiences, strategic international leadership and enhancement of schedules through programme exchange.
"WITBN is proud to be at the forefront of the renaissance of indigenous languages and cultures through the medium of television."
A report summarizing the key decisions of the inaugural Council meeting is available on the website www.witbc.org. The next Council meeting will hosted by SABC in South Africa early next year followed by APTN in Canada in September 2009.
For more information, contact the WITBN secretariat co-ordinator Vanessa Horan at Maori Television on +64 9 539 7159; fax +64 9 539 7199; mobile +64 21 928 007; or email .
UNIQUE IMMERSIVE DIGITAL EXPERIENCE: TWELVE CANOES
WEBSITE GOES LIVE ON 8 SEPTEMBER
Following the world-wide success of Ten Canoes, the Yolngu people of
Ramingining in Arnhem Land offer the world a more in depth view of
their society and culture. One of the oldest cultures in existence
shares its stories using the most modern technology to bring the
world 12canoes.com.au
"We live in Arnhem Land, in Northern Territory of Australia. For a long time our people been wanting to show our culture to the world. We made that film, Ten Canoes. That was really beginning of it. So now here is our culture, our place, our history...here is 12 Canoes. Different stories, 12 of them...Creation, and First White Men, all different parts of our history...The Swamp, and The Seasons, and Plants and Animals, all about where we live...Kinship and Language and Nowadays, how we live today. And more than that. Everything put together is one story. It is us, like a painting of our story."
Twelve Canoes is a website which paints a compelling portrait of the art, culture, history and place of the Yolngu people whose homeland is the town of Ramingining and the Arafura Swamp of north-central Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
The high-end site is a work of art in itself, honouring the people of the Arafura swamp, and built around twelve filmed "visual poems" describing and illustrating many aspects of Yolngu history, life and culture. Other features of the site include galleries which showcase Ramingining art and artists, music and songmen, language and common terms, and photographs that capture the essence of life in the region.
The website has been created and developed by Molly Reynolds and Rolf de Heer in conjunction with a consultative committee from the Ramingining Community including Peter Minygululu, Richard Birrinbirrin (associate producer on Ten Canoes), Philip Gudthaykudthay, Peter Djigirr (co-director of Ten Canoes) and Bobby Bunungurr, all community elders and artists in their own right.
American Masterpieces Project Features Rarely Seen Native
American Regalia
SALEM, Ore. - A groundbreaking exhibition of historic and
contemporary ceremonial regalia from all nine of Oregon's federally
recognized Native American tribes, much of which is rarely seen by
the general public, will be on display Sept. 27 to Jan. 18 at the
Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University.
The Art of Ceremony: Regalia of Native Oregon, Oregon's 2008 American Masterpieces project, features what the tribes consider their finest artwork, items they wear and use in private ceremonies and rituals. Hand-crafted dance outfits, jewelry, staffs, headdresses, musical instruments and a 21-foot cedar canoe - many on loan from Native families across the state - are among the items to be displayed. The American Masterpieces grant was awarded by the Oregon Arts Commission with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.
"Most people have never really seen Oregon's traditional regalia," said Willamette anthropology Professor Rebecca Dobkins, who organized the exhibition in collaboration with Native community curators. "The only time much of this regalia is worn is during private events like funerals, feasts or dance ceremonies. These items are not largely shared outside their community."
The Art of Ceremony will showcase the diversity of regalia between tribes, from the western tribes' use of feathers and abalone shells to the eastern tribes' beadwork and buckskin. After leaving the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, the exhibition will travel to the Tamástslikt Cultural Institute in Pendleton, Ore., and the Museum at Warm Springs in central Oregon.
For more information, call (503) 370-6855 or visit www.willamette.edu/museum_of_art.
Or
Rebecca Dobkins, faculty curator, (503)
370-6639,
John Olbrantz, museum director, (503) 370-6854,
Navajo Language Media Center
The San Juan (Utah) School District Media Center has a broad range
of books, poster, games, flashcards, CDs, DVDs, calendars and more
in Navajo, English or both. You can see their entire catalog on-line
at
To order, call 435-678-1229, e-mail or mail to
Media Center
28 W 200 N
Blanding, UT 84511
USA
Gold-selling reggae artiste, Ruia, recently came to Jamaica to film a Bob Marley documentary for the Mäori of New Zealand. It serves as the latest example of reggae's global reach beyond the major metropoles of New York, London and Tokyo. The documentary will air in New Zealand early next year in Ruia's native Mäori language. The documentary's translated title is A Gift of Thank You to Bob Marley and should air early 2009. It centres on the role reggae played in reigniting pride in the Mäori people." Bob Marley's music came at a very important time and to tell you the truth Bob Marley woke me up, along with the messages of Marcus Garvey and Rastafari. There are similarities between our prophets and your culture. .....And to tell you the truth, Rastafari Reggae Jamaica has influenced an initiation of a renaissance in our country....of our people are no longer lying down anymore, and being submissive. We now want to get up and challenge things," said Ruia earlier this month at Bookophila cafe in Kingston.Ruia's music is known in New Zealand, Australia throughout the South Pacific up to Hawaii. His most popular song What's the Time Mr Wolf achieved gold sales status and was featured in the movie Once Were Warriors.. . . .Ruia wants to broaden a cultural exchange of artistes between both countries."Part of the reason we come here to make connections with different artistes. We were in Tuff Gong the other day, and we met about six artists and four or five producers. And we met two other producers. So we are looking at collaborations," he said. Jamaica is a sort of Mecca for Reggae and culture, he said: "Kiwi people love Reggae and love Jamaica, because of Bob Marley, Toot and the Maytals, Burning Spear, the Abyssinians all of them down to Buju Banton. So many of our people see Jamaica as a holy place and dream of coming here."
Sites of Interest
Ndere Center, Uganda
The home of the Ndere Dance Troupe is a unique architectural feature
combining artistic creativity with simplicity.
www.ndere.com
Children's Cultural Centre (CCC), Luang Prabang Province, Laos
The Centre presents a wide range of extra-curricular cultural
activities for children, including singing, dancing, music, games,
weaving, embroidery, handicrafts, painting and drawing, spoken
drama, English language lessons, culture and camping.
http://www.culturalprofiles.net/laos/Units/547.html
Kiribati National Cultural Centre and Museum / Te Umwanibong
The National Cultural Centre and Museum consists of one main
building about 20 meters by 15 meters and two other supporting
facilities including a mwaneaba, te umwa and a toilet block. The
museum houses Kiribati artifacts of more than 250 pieces with a
complete record of more than 1,500 in various museums around the
world, mainly in Australia and New Zealand.
Kiribati National Cultural Centre and Museum is a museum,
cultural centre, gallery, cultural or historic site, library,
archive, government department or ministry, government historic
preservation office, interpretive centre.
http://www.collectionsaustralia.net/pima/view_institution.php?inst-id=27
Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park, Australia
http://www.tjapukai.com.au/
Siberian Cultural Centre, Omsk, Russia
Siberian Cultural Centre supports masters of the national art crafts
and trades, organizes and carries out folk and ethnographical
expeditions. It also carries out practical training session
concerning different kinds of national art, decorative and applied
arts exhibitions, national festive occasions, folk concerts, youth
evenings, theme classes (folk toy, Ural-Siberian painting, Siberian
icon, national calendar, spiritual verse, national embroidery,
national everyday dances, traditional clothes etc.) They have an
art-expert council that takes care of the national art crafts in
Omsk Oblast, a collection of the national culture pieces, folk
archive, a specialized library on the premises of Siberian Cultural
Centre.
http://club.eomsk.ru/?gid=340&pid=272
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